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Delusional Insanity: Cheney in Baghdad

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Apparently Petraeus views these attacks as yet another indication of America's "phenomenal progress". During congressional hearings, General Petraeus informed Senator Lugar:

"We have our teeth into the jugular..."

Whoever the enemy of American-style Iraqi freedom and democracy is, Cheney ignored all traces of reality and vowed to press ahead:

"I think... it's very, very important that we succeed."

... US forces will not quit before the job is done..."

"... our objective here is victory..."

The terms "succeed", "job" and "victory" were not defined. These terms have never been rationally defined, either by Cheney or by anyone else in a position of authority in Washington. All we know for certain is that these terms don't refer to bringing genuine freedom and democracy to the long-suffering people of Iraq.

Perhaps the "job", after five years of war, at a cost of over 4,000 American soldiers killed, tens of thousands wounded and $500 billion dollars, is securing the Green Zone, where American personnel will continue to be viewed as enemies and hated by the people of Iraq.

Perhaps "victory" means stealing Iraqi national resources by American oil companies.

Perhaps "success" is the term for America's destruction of the infrastructure of Iraq, with the deaths of hundreds of thousands and displacement of millions more.

Or perhaps that term "success" refers to the bankruptcy of America, the destruction of its middle class and loss of trust worldwide.

Sane and rational Americans need to understand what the insane and delusional Vice President cannot understand or accept:

America has decisively and conclusively lost the gratuitously waged war against Iraq. After five years of efforts so costly in blood in money, there is no other sane and rational explanation for America's inability to even secure its embassy.

America is the loser.

The winner?

Iran, the self-proclaimed enemy of America. Iran, whose President Ahmadinejad recently traveled from the airport to downtown Baghdad without special security precautions to conduct what Iraqi Prime Minister called "friendly, positive and full of trust" talks.

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That's why by Joel S. Hirschhorn on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:52:17 PM
Are They Really Delusional? by Chuck Simpson on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:04:47 PM
great article by shirley reese on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 at 6:08:55 PM
DICB by shadow dancer on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:50:21 PM
The bigger the lie by Lance Ciepiela on Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:18:03 PM
Get rid of Dick, the legally prescibed way by ladybroadoak on Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:43:40 AM